Things you wished you knew before setting up your Deck?

https://lemmy.world/post/1436455

Things you wished you knew before setting up your Deck? - Lemmy.world

Got a Steam Deck on the way, anything I should know before I dive in when it arrives?

Even if you don’t want to use it as a computer having a Bluetooth keyboard is almost a must have because otherwise configuring non-steam games in windows made is a real pain.
In a similar vain, enabling ssh and using that for config or moving files around has saved me a lot of typing.
How to SSH into Steam Deck (Setup Guide)

How to configure remote access to Steam Deck files and Shell remotely using SSH Daemon on SteamOS.

Documenting my Steam Deck Journey
SSH is weirdly slow however. There is a command to disable wifi powersaving (or something like that) which is the cause but I couldn’t be bothered lol.
If you stream games or play multiplayer you may want to consider disabling that anyway as it dramatically improves the WIFI speed and reliability.